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Douglas County Jail Overview

Douglas County Jail is operated by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and sits in Alexandria, Minnesota. The county describes it as a direct-supervision jail, which means correctional officers work inside general-population housing units and interact with inmates during the day. The jail houses adult men and women, people awaiting court, people serving local jail sentences, work-release participants, and minimum, medium, and maximum security inmates. Douglas County also has limited juvenile holding cells in the booking area, but youth who need longer detention are moved to the regional juvenile center in Moorhead.

The county jail page states that the building opened in 2010, covers about 57,000 square feet, and cost $12.9 million to build. Douglas County also identifies a local vendor stack that matters to families: Advanced Correctional Healthcare provides jail medical care, Aramark handles food service, TurnKey Corrections supports commissary and video visitation, Woodland Centers provides mental-health services, and Guardian RFID is used for well-being checks and documentation.

The county jail administration page is a useful source for the building, staffing, and contract-vendor details shown here. The image below comes from that page and reflects the county's own jail information rather than a third-party directory.

The capacity figures and direct-supervision description on that page are the local facts that separate Douglas County Jail from state prison, federal custody, or the regional juvenile facility.

Douglas County Jail Capacity

Douglas County publishes more than one useful capacity figure. The county jail page says the facility has 156 physical beds and is approved to hold up to 135 inmates. The Minnesota DOC inspection report for the 2023 to 2025 authority-to-operate period lists Douglas County Jail as a secure coed jail with approved capacity of 149 and 90 percent operational capacity of 134.10. Those numbers are not the same measure. The county public page describes the local bed count and approved jail limit, while the DOC inspection table reflects state inspection capacity.

Douglas County Jail Roster Lookup

The correct lookup system for Douglas County Jail is the official Douglas County inmate roster. It is hosted on the county website and is sorted by name. Research found alphabet filter links, a keyword search option, and a result count. The inspected roster was not a click-through profile system in text form. Each listed person appeared by name, followed by booking date, booking time, charge text, arresting agency, and status for each charge block.

1. Open the official Douglas County inmate roster on the county website.
2. Use the A through Z links to browse by last-name initial, or use the keyword search.
3. Read each charge block under the person's name and check the booking date, booking time, arresting agency, and status.
4. If the booking is very recent, wait for booking to finish before relying on the roster or calling the jail.
5. Call Douglas County Jail for current custody or bail questions that the roster does not show.

Douglas County's booking page says family and friends should wait one to two hours after arrest before calling the jail. The jail may not release information until booking is complete, and booking can take several hours depending on paperwork, testing, cooperation, and other intake needs. For a broader walkthrough of current and past custody records, the Douglas County jail inmate records page explains the roster, records requests, VINE, MNDOC, BOP, and ICE channels.

Douglas County Jail Contact

The jail information line is the practical contact point for current custody, bail amount, release timing, and booking questions. The Sheriff's Office administration and records division use a different address in Alexandria, so records requests should go to the Records Division rather than the jail lobby unless the county directs otherwise.

Douglas County Jail Visits

Douglas County Jail visitation is appointment-only. The county's visiting page directs visitors to schedule through Inmate Canteen, the TurnKey Corrections system used for video visitation and commissary. On-site visits have set windows during the week. Off-site video visits are available daily during morning, afternoon, and evening blocks.

The county visiting page is the source for the current appointment schedule shown below. Confirm the visit in the scheduling system before traveling, because a housing move, disciplinary restriction, court transport, lockdown, or release can change visit availability.

Douglas County Jail Mail

Douglas County's jail mail page says mail must be sent through the United States Postal Service and addressed to the inmate by full name at the jail address. Incoming and outgoing mail is scanned and inspected for contraband. Cash should not be mailed. The county lists problem items such as food, beverages, stickers, glitter, glue, crayon or gel-pen markings, gang symbols, lewd pictures, and other contraband. Mail for a released or transferred inmate is returned if a return address exists, and otherwise it may be destroyed.

Money and property are handled under separate jail rules. The county's property and money page says money arriving with an inmate is deposited into the inmate account, and kiosk deposits in the public vestibule show immediately in the account. Checks or money orders issued to the inmate may be mailed and deposited. Individual property items are not released one by one; all property except original clothing and shoes is released at one time after the inmate completes the required form.

Douglas County Jail Booking

Most local arrests in Douglas County are processed through Douglas County Jail. The county's arrest and booking page says the arresting officer completes paperwork, interviews, and required tests before jail staff process the person for intake or release. Booking can include demographic information, digital fingerprints, photographs, an initial phone call after booking, property inventory, secure property storage, jail clothing and bedding if the person remains in custody, and housing-unit assignment.

Release timing is also local. The check-in and release page says people who are released on their own recognizance may take about one hour to process out, but it can take longer. Daily release time normally begins at 9:00 a.m., and the county identifies blackout periods when releases do not occur. For check-ins and releases, the county points people to the west side of the jail, in the parking lot between the jail and the SunOpta plant, at Door #2128.

Douglas County Jail Programs

Douglas County Jail publishes local programs and service details that affect the jail population. Programs include Adult Basic Education, GED options, writing and computer classes, Alcoholics Anonymous, Teen Challenge informational meetings, religious services, recreation, theatre presentations, and Residents Encountering Christ weekends. The county also runs work release for eligible sentenced inmates who meet the local criteria, have court authorization, pass admission testing, have no holds, and maintain verified employment.

Medical care is contracted. The jail medical page says an RN is available during normal business hours Monday through Friday, on-call coverage exists after hours and on weekends, and a doctor visits weekly. Medication questions for people checking into jail go to the medical department line. The jail also states a zero-tolerance PREA policy for sexual abuse and harassment, with reporting through jail administration, shift supervisors, the Sheriff's Office, or Someplace Safe.